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Floral tributes continue to increase at the roadside where four-year-old Violet-Grace Youens died following tragic collision in St Helens

鈥淧lease know Violet-Grace loves you so much and loved spending time with you and her grandad.

鈥淪he was always super excited to have a royal sleepover on Friday nights, at your house.

鈥淎nd we are and always will be truly grateful for everything you have ever done for us and Violet-Grace as a family and for taking all this pain you are going through right now so Violet-Grace didn鈥檛 have to. We love you loads xxx鈥?

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photo issued by Merseyside Police of Angela French, as police investigating a hit-and-run in which four-year-old Violet-Grace Youens died and her grandmother Angela was injured, have arrested a man on suspicion of being carried in a stolen vehicle. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday March 27, 2017. Violet-Grace died in her mother's arms on Saturday, after she was struck by a stolen black Ford Fiesta while walking through St Helens, Merseyside, on Friday. See PA story POLICE Girl. Photo credit should read: Merseyside Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

The St Helens community united in an outpouring of grief over the incident leaving hundreds of teddy bears, flowers , balloons and messages at the scene on Prescot Road while those allegedly responsible appeared in court following emotional pleas for them to come home.

Hundreds have also outlined their concerns on social media as to how Angela was getting on and were thinking of the heart break she would feel when she learns the fate of her young granddaughter.

St Helens players wearing purple training tops in memory of four year old Violet-Grace Youens

Touching words were released by Violet-Grace鈥檚 mum in the days following the tragic incident and the Steve Prescot bridge was lit up violet in tribute.

Donations also flooded in for the family and after smashing its original goal in less than 24 hours, the fundraising revised to a target of £20,000 and well-wishers broke through that barrier too. You can find the page here .

The town鈥檚 Super League rugby club, its football team and a juice bar have all paid their respects too.

And a campaign to slow down the road where the incident took place has also been launched by family members.